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Embraer and AirSprint make maiden voyage of Legacy 450 business jet to Hawaii

Bombardier Announces 2017 Guidance, Targeting Strong Earnings Growth and FCF Improvement

Targets EBIT growth before special items(1) of approximately 50%, to $530 million - $630 million Anticipates year-over-year free cash flow usage(1) improvement by approximately $400 million, to $750 million - $1.0 billion Expects low single digit revenue growth Affi...

ANA takes delivery of its first A320neo

Tokyo-based airline ANA has taken delivery of its first A320neo becoming the first A320neo operator in Japan.  ANA’s A320neo is configured for 146 passengers in a two-class cabin layout with 8 business class seats and 138 economy class seats. It is powered by Pratt & Whitney’...

Better than ever: Airbus’ AIRLINE1 returns for the A350-1000 flight test campaign

With the A350-1000 jetliner’s flight test campaign now underway, Airbus is bringing back AIRLINE1 – the simulated airline experience focussing on aircraft maturity and operability, which was successfully introduced during the A350-900 version’s certification process.  AIRLINE1 comprises a dedicated staff that operates a hangar and maintenance control centre in coordinatio...

Airbus A321neo with P&W engines receives Type Certification

Following a comprehensive flight test programme, the A321neo powered by Pratt & Whitney’s PurePower PW1100G-JM engines received joint Type Certification from the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on 15th December 2016. The documents were respectively signed by EASA’s Certification Director Trevor Woods and by Jeffrey Duven, FAA...

RUAG delivers third Dornier 228 from new series production to customer NCA

RUAG Aviation announces the delivery of the third Dornier 228 from new series production to New Central Airservice (NCA), on 14 December 2016, fulfilling the terms of the purchase agreement announced in July of this year. The Japanese operator, and return Dornier 228 customer, together with longstanding partner, Sojitz Aerospace Corporation (SOASCO), were on hand to take official delivery of the n...

Leonardo-Finmeccanica contract for additional 30 EMS helicopters sets largest EMS programme in China

The contract signed with Sino-US includes the AW139 and AW169 types The helicopters will be delivered in 2017 and will be operated by KingWing Order follows contract for 25 AW119Kx in early 2016 More than 180 Leonardo helicopters of various types have been sold to Chinese customers to date for a range of commercial and public service duties Leonardo-Finmeccanica and Chinese company Sin...

Boeing, Air Tanzania Confirm Order for 787 Dreamliner

Boeing and the United Republic of Tanzania have confirmed an order for one 787-8 Dreamliner, valued at $224.6 million at list prices.  The aircraft will be operated by Air Tanzania, the flag carrier of Tanzania. The order was previously attributed to an unidentified customer on Boeing’s Orders & Deliveries website.           Air Tanzan...

Bombardier CS300 Aircraft Successfully Starts Revenue Service with airBaltic

Bombardier Commercial Aircraft congratulated launch operator airBaltic on the superb execution of the CS300 aircraft’s first commercial flight. With 120 passengers aboard, including local media, the flight departed Riga and landed in Amsterdam. airBaltic is operating the CS300 aircraft in a 145-seat, two-class configuration. The airline has ordered a total of 20 CS300 aircraft. “air...

Embraer delivers two Phenom 300s to China's Colorful Yunnan General Aviation

Embraer delivered two Phenom 300s to Colorful Yunnan General Aviation Co., Ltd., a newly established executive jet customer based in Yunnan province, Southwest China. This is the first time Embraer has delivered its U.S.-made executive jets to a Chinese customer. These two aircraft will undertake general aviation missions in Yunnan, such as medical-rescue and disaster-relief work, as well...

Dassault Aviation Appoints Damien Farret Director, Falcon Customer Relations and Field Service

Dassault Aviation has appointed Damien Farret, Director Customer Relations and Field Service. He replaces Eloi Dufour, who was named, Director Aircraft Delivery & Pre-Owned Management. In his new position, Farret will lead the entire front line customer support organization for Europe, Middle East, Africa and India region (EMEAI). Farret started out at Dassault Aviation in 2002 as a d...

Boeing Selects Evergreen Aviation Technologies for 767-300 Passenger-to-Freighter Conversions

Boeing announced that Evergreen Aviation Technologies Corp. (EGAT) will perform passenger-to-freighter conversions for the 767-300 Boeing Converted Freighter (BCF) program. Under the agreement, EGAT, an award-winning aircraft Maintenance Repair and Overhaul (MRO) facility in Taiwan, will modify and convert 767-300BCFs. The first airplane converted at the facility will redeliver in 2018. Boei...

Qatar Air Plans Move to GE-Powered Airbus A320 in Pratt Blow

Qatar Airways said it’s seeking to renegotiate a $7.8 billion order for Airbus Group SE narrow-body jets and could switch to bigger planes powered by alternative engines as part of a revised agreement. The Gulf carrier wants to keep the deal for 80 A320neos after refusing to take the first four aircraft because of glitches with their Pratt & Whitney turbines, Chief Executive Offi...

When passion becomes business: the story of Heliteam and its founder

Heliteam is a French helicopter startup born of its founder's love of flying – he is also a pilot – and with promising beginnings. Established less than two years ago, the company currently operates two helicopters for a variety of transport and aerial work missions around the Montpellier-Méditerranée airport, one of which is an H125 from Airbus Helicopters, purchased...

Iran close to Airbus deal, to get first jets in 2017: official

Iran is close to finalizing a deal to buy dozens of passenger jets from Europe's Airbus, having signed a $16.6 billion deal with Boeing earlier on Sunday, an Iranian official told Reuters. The Airbus deal, seen likely to involve a first batch of about half the 118 jets provisionally ordered in January, should be completed in "the next couple of days," the official said....

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NOEMI Aerospace and Pawan Hans sign strategic MoU to explore electric seaplane operations in India

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Boeing and Archer Aviation have signed definitive agreements in which Archer will acquire Boeing’s Wisk Aero, SkyGrid and Insitu subsidiaries. The deal will combine complementary capabilities de...

EH216-S completes Central Asia’s first pilotless human-carrying eVTOL flight in the heart of Kazakhstan’s capital

EHang flagship EH216-S successfully completed Central Asia’s first pilotless human-carrying flight of an eVTOL aircraft in Astana, Kazakhstan. During the Games of the Future 2026, the...

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EHang launches Global Fast Track Program to accelerate international commercialization of pilotless eVTOL; Sri Lanka first to adopt

EHang launches its Global Fast Track Program — a structured and accelerated pathway for the assessment and introduction of pilotless eVTOL operations in international markets. Sri Lanka is...

ATR identifies demand for 209 new domestic air routes in Indonesia

ATR identified 209 new domestic air routes in Indonesia that would be economically viable if served by regional turboprop aircraft. Total demand for these routes is 16 million passengers per...

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Horizon Airways doubles down on fleet modernization with order for second Tecnam P2012 STOL

Queensland-based Horizon Airways has signed an order for a second Tecnam P2012 STOL aircraft. Slated to join the Australian fleet by the end of 2026, this subsequent order rapidly...

SkyDrive signs Australia’s first eVTOL agreement with Gold Coast Helitours

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Eve Air Mobility and RV Connex sign MOU to advance urban air mobility regulatory framework in Thailand

Eve Air Mobility and RV Connex Co., Ltd., a leading Thai engineering and aerospace company, are signing a Memorandum of Understanding to work together on regulatory development that will hel...